Two political observers discuss Russian Geo-strategy

Program Title: Russia, Ukraine, Syria & the Grand Chessboard: Conversations with Boris Kagarlitsky & Andrew Korybko
Description: This week's Global Research News hour focuses on the challenges facing Russia and how it is prevailing over efforts by the West to exclude the one time superpower from the geo-strategically significant Middle East and Central Asian Region.

The first interview is with Boris Kagarlitsky, Director of the Moscow-based Institute for Globalization and Social Movements , a leading leftist think tank. Kagarlitsky discusses the unique characteristics of Russian political power structures, the class dynamics in the current upheaval in Ukraine, and how Canada should position itself to mitigate the violence and bloodshed unfolding in Ukraine.

In the second half hour, we speak with Andrew Korybko, a Moscow-based political commentator. He has written a four part series about the 'New Middle East' unfolding in the wake of Russia's moves against US/NATO's proxies in Syria. He explains the dynamics of this new transformation, the fate of US proxies Saudi Arabia and Turkey, the re-emergence of Iraq, Syria and Iran, and that the geo-strategic significance of the massive refugee flows.

Host(s): Michael Welch
Featured Speakers/Guests: Boris Kagarlitsky, Andrew Korybko

Credits: Interviews by Michael Welch

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